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Jailbreak (2002)
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Original name: A cavallo della tigre
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On the run, Guido sets out to find his partner Antonella, who helped him with the robbery and still has the money.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, satirical, tense, crime drama, realistic, road movie
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison escape, escape, attempted robbery, prison, relationships, prisoner, single mother, problem, escaped prisoner, jail, confined, satire, escape plan, attempted escape, prison break, desperation, moral ambiguity, betrayal, coercion, manhunt, conflict, anxiety, regret, character study, pursuit ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, tense and semi serious films with plots about satire, moral ambiguity, urban, corruption, survival, betrayal and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Jailbreak: Holy Tongue (2000), A Holy Venetian Family (2015), Illegal Lives (2023), Finders Keepers (2017), Mortal World 2 (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
buddy comedy, atmospheric, dark comedy, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theft, ransom, religion, misadventure, heist, satire, escape, moral ambiguity, blue collar, moral dilemma, crisis of faith, odd couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a botched robbery, incarcerated friends Hamad, Ma’an and Sanad, in their attempt to escape, end up in a biographical film financed by eccentric Saudi magnate Abdullatif Al-Hanhouni, set in the same locations of their past heists.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, fast paced, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, escape attempt, prison escape, friendship, criminal underworld, loyalty, moral ambiguity, social commentary, betrayal, satire, corruption, flashback ...
Place:
saudi arabia
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gualtiero Cecchin, the son of an entrepreneur must find a new way to make money after squandering his huge family fortune. With an idea and a good dose of recklessness Gualtiero must find a way to fund his new business while navigating the shady ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
luxury, satire, family relations, money, money problems, business, mafia, organized crime, mobster, family conflict, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Place:
naples italy, venice
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Style:
tense, dark drama, satirical, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, debt, loan shark, poverty, desperation, stolen money, satire, bandit, urban setting, money problems, criminal, gang ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mahsun constantly has to cope with police raids since he runs an illegal casino. Because he wants to continue to run this casino, Mahsun decides to establish a fake political party as a disguise. His aim is to keep the casino able to continue ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, illegal gambling, casino, problem, escapades, casino owner, deception, scheme, organized crime, black market, fraud ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lonnie and Brian go on the run from the Cape Town underworld, after finding a box filled with cash and a valuable wrist watch. They steal a lucky fish that they use to barter with the gangsters.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
criminal, escapades, money, gang, changing lives, bandit, money falling through the air, satire, club, organized crime, underworld, desperation ...
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mortal World 2 tells the story of the Mermer family, who now continues their lives as outlaws, struggles with their own problems. Serhan has difficulty adjusting Begüm, who is pregnant, to their new life. While Serhat is now missing a woman in his ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
crime family, heist, family relations, kids and family, family problems, large family, problem, relationships, satire, brotherhood, criminal underworld, family drama ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Story:
Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, tense, intense ...
Plot:
banking, fraud, satire, banker, new identity, personality change, fugitive, embezzlement, social injustice, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, class conflict ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
With the help of their mother, the Judah boys plan to rob a small mall. But when they arrive, they're met by real armed robbers.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, problem, burglar, theft, satire, escapades, stealing money, criminal, mother ...
Place:
england, africa, nigeria
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story charts the journey of two childhood friends Kohinoor Kalyan and Jilani Ramdas. They are both enthusiastic and easy-going. On an unfateful day, the duo loses a heavy amount in cricket betting. They unintentionally enter the villain's ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, trap, bet, gambling, friends, escapades, money problems, satire, money, risk, desperation, loyalty ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ali and Sudi, who received a 10-year imprisonment for embedding many bodies in the backyard of a construction they had previously worked on, were now free after completing their sentences. After the past events, both friends are determined not to ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, dark ...
Plot:
cover up, problem, corpse, workplace, confronting the past, disposing of a dead body, social satire, criminal, workplace situations, troubled past, satire, hidden corpse ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, escape, prison escape, prison life, fugitives, undercover, friendship, chases and races, partner, criminal heroes, lovers reunited, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Well-known writer Ettore takes his family on a mountain chalet getaway for his birthday, in an effort to create a bond between his two sons, Claudio and Giulio, and his second wife, Margherita. The group is also joined by Margherita's brother, ...
Style:
entertaining, light, captivating, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
isolation, family drama, eccentric family, parents and children, family relations, large family, kids and family, family problems, humour, family secret, satire, social satire ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Radio Personality, Michael Washington, known as "DJ Mike" makes fun of people's lives with prank phone calls on his radio show, JAB STAB. His jokes make his show #1 of all morning talk show in the state. However, behind the scenes of ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
radio announcer, radio station, radio, problem, relationship vs career, relationship problems, radio dj, satire, survival, moral dilemma, risk, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Style:
satirical, semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
theater, prison, prisoner, teacher, actor, satire, lifestyle, relationships, compassion, redemption, second chance, character study ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tadaomy Ando became a yakuza boss at a young age. Because of his subordinate, he quit the yakuza. Now, he learns from Takashi Konaka the trade of illegal money lending and how to collect debts. Tadaomy Ando decides to become a loan shark. He has ...
Style:
crime drama, light, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, loan shark, con artists, fraud, mafioso, cons and scams, mafia, debt, criminal, satire, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance his work and finally be able to afford having a child. Is it really wrong to sell our own intimacy in order to be able to afford making our dreams come ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, satirical, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, ethics, intimacy, money, male female relationship, financial problem, money problems, seduction, relationships, couple relations, wanting a baby, sex tape ...
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51%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of a mother who does not want to die and a pair of ruinous children who only think about inheriting.
Style:
satirical, family saga, intense, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
inheritance, brothers, greed, sibling rivalry, family conflict, mother son relationship, brother brother relationship, satire, relationships, heir, family relations, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The adventures of Juan and the situations that he will find in the neighborhood where he lives to try to rescue him from the bad guys who want to turn it into a drug sales place.
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
cartel, gang, drug dealer, neighborhood, drug traffic, drug, drug lord, criminal gang, gang war, con trick, drug cartel, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A journalist takes justice into her own hands when her internet stalker walks free from the law.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, entertaining, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, journalism, investigative reporter, vigilante justice, stalking, revenge, satire, investigative journalism, hunted, female journalist, pursuit, problem ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Some Say No is a new Italian comedy with a very serious subject: the way the country's society is corroded by favoritism that pushes inferior people to the top in virtually every field. In Florence, three thirty-somethings band together to wage ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
satire, friendship, social commentary, nepotism, favoritism, problem, social problems, friends, old friends reunited, investigation, reunited friends, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florence
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After two failed deliveries, a pair of motorcycle taxi drivers must recover the goods they lost for any hope of financially assisting their families.
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
loan shark, heist, working class, problem, escapades, satire, lifestyle, theft, jewel robbery, criminal, driver, jewel theft ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a heist gone wrong Tom, a low rent criminal is forced by the local crime boss to kill his partner and best friend. Setting off into the Mojave desert under the guise of moving a body they buried two years ago, Tom delays the deed just long ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, crime drama, tension, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, crime boss, criminal, heist, desert, friendship, murderer, gangster, gang, criminal gang, problem ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Intertwined stories of 50somethings that won't give up on their glory days
Style:
ironic, captivating, feel good, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, nostalgia, old man, irony, character change, grownups, lifestyle, multiple storylines, satire, friendship, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
239
Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five years after being acquitted for the murder of his family, Sean (White) is finally ready to move on with life. But the bitter ex-cop (Malcolm) who led the investigation remains adamant that he's guilty - and will stop at nothing to bring ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, satire, police officer, ex convict, police detective, life, lifestyle, guilt, justice, family tragedy, wrongful accusation, obsession ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seguito de Febbre da cavallo!
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gambling, money problems, friendship, satire, money, bet, escapades, friends, humour, needing money, heist, scheming ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iceland, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an incompetent instructor are thrown together on a high-end fear of flying course. The course's final challenge is an experience flight ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
anxiety, fear of flying, phobia, self discovery, isolation, survival, winter, group therapy, veteran, teamwork, arctic, trauma ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Story:
Sawamura, a contract part-timer dragged into a multi-million yen internet business, and Kamo, an office worker who lavished money on a beautiful club hostess, arrive at Cowcow Finance, the office of black-market lender Ushijima.
Style:
psychological, dark, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
office worker, debt, loan shark, black market, desperation, coworker, workplace situations, lifestyle, career, workplace, satire, office work ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the shadows of the outskirts of Oslo, every criminal has their place until the economical meltdown. The luxury prostitute Wendy might have the key to the problem, or at least to the heart of the bank, the criminals and even the police.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
prostitute, corruption, criminal underworld, manipulation, greed, police, moral ambiguity, underground, investigation, betrayal, financial crisis, urban ...
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
37%
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